From the builder of Wantage.com

Web design in Wantage

If you've spent any time online in Wantage, you've probably already used my work without knowing my name: I built and run Wantage.com, the town site with over 1,100 local listings, and the Wantage & Grove Food Bank website is mine too.

I spent years building websites on this side of the Downs before moving over the hill to Ogbourne St George - so Wantage is still where a lot of my work lives, and still close enough to meet when meeting helps.

The deal is the same one on every page of this site: £30 a month, everything included - design, hosting, email, your domain, and every day-to-day change you ever need. And you see a free preview of your website before you pay anything.

Get your free preview £30/MO OR £300/YR

How the free preview works

Send me your business name

- gordon@firstideas.co.uk or WhatsApp.

I build a preview

of your new site from what's already public about you, and send you the link.

You decide.

Like it: we finish it together and go live. Not for you: it cost you nothing.

Wantage.com 1,100+ listings

Work you'll recognise

Wantage.com - the town's own site: 1,100+ listings for local businesses, groups and services. I own and run it.
Wantage & Grove Food Bank - the church-organised food bank's site, built around get help, give help so the people who need it, donate to it and volunteer for it each find their path in one click.
Hanney Glazed - a glazing firm in the Hanneys.
Gardenscape - landscaping, plus artists, suppliers and local organisations across the Vale - browse the gallery.

What £30 a month includes

Design and build, every page you need, custom forms, photo galleries, email at your own domain, UK hosting, your domain name, SSL, daily backups - and every month-to-month change, included, not metered. Full breakdown on the pay monthly websites page. Online shops are quoted separately as proper projects.

Who this is for

Trades, shops on the market square, cafés, salons, therapists, clubs and charities - Wantage businesses that need a proper website without a four-figure invoice. And because I run the town site, your business can be found twice: your own website, and your listing on Wantage.com.

Questions people ask

Asked by Wantage businesses, answered without the sales voice.

Ask a question

Are you actually local?

I was for years; these days I'm over the Downs in Ogbourne St George, 25 minutes away. The Wantage work - the food bank, the town site - didn't move. Happy to meet in Wantage whenever it helps.

How much does a website cost in Wantage?

Nobody local publishes a price, so here's mine: £30 a month or £300 a year, everything included, free preview first. Nationally, a built-for-you small business site runs £800–£3,000 upfront plus running costs.

Can you put my business on Wantage.com too?

Yes - listings are part of what the town site is for.

Who owns the website?

Your domain and your content are yours, always - and if you ever leave, they go with you, with a full copy of your files.

Is there a contract?

No. Rolling monthly, no minimum term - cancel whenever you like.

What if I already have a website?

The preview becomes a free redesign of it - see website redesign.